Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri
Pleasant Mount or Mount Pleasant is an
unincorporated community in
Miller County , in the
U.S. state of
Missouri .
[1] The historic community was located along the current
Missouri Route FF on a hilltop approximately one-half mile north of the railroad line.
[2] The current community of Mount Pleasant or Mt Pleasant is just south of
U.S. Route 54 , about three miles northeast of
Eldon
[3] at
38°22′05″N 92°31′25″W / 38.36806°N 92.52361°W / 38.36806; -92.52361 .
[4]
[5]
History
Pleasant Mount was
platted in 1838.
[6] A post office called Pleasant Mount was established in 1847, and remained in operation until 1909.
[7] A variant name is "Mount Pleasant".
[6]
References
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Mount, Missouri
^ Eldon, Missouri, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1904
^ Eldon, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pleasant Mount, Missouri
^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 45,
ISBN
0-89933-224-2
^
a
b
"Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945" . The State Historical Society of Missouri.
Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016 .
^
"Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2016 .
38°22′35″N 92°31′22″W / 38.37639°N 92.52278°W / 38.37639; -92.52278